Life on Tatooine

Standing up to Jabba

Skywalker stood up to Jabba's thugs one night over water tax and was knocked out before Obi-Wan came to his rescue. Luke didn't know who his rescuer was since he had been unconscious before Kenobi had arrived.

Meeting C-3PO and R2-D2

Owen Lars purchased R2-D2 and C-3PO from some Jawas and Luke found a message for Obi-Wan from Princess Leia Organa inside the Astromech. Discovering that the two droids were members of the Rebel Alliance, Luke began asking the droids various questions, before being asked by his Uncle to wipe their memory banks.

Encounter with Tuskens and Meeting Kenobi

That night, R2-D2 went looking for the Jedi Master, Luke and Threepio went after him the next morning. Kenobi saved the three from some Tusken Raiders by using the sound of a Krayt Dragon to scare them off. Luke was taken to Obi-Wan's hut, where they viewed the message and Luke was given his fathers lightsaber. He was told that his father had been a Jedi Knight and Darth Vader had killed him. When Kenobi and Skywalker found the remains of the Jawas that the Sandtroopers had slaughtered, Luke realised that they would have gone to his home next and races off. When he arrived, the farm was burnt and his Uncle and Aunt dead. He agreed upon return to go to Alderaan with Obi-Wan.

Mission to Mos Eisley

They arrived at Mos Eisley and were stopped by a Sandtrooper squad that asked to see the Droid's identifications but Obi-Wan used the force to convince the Squad Leader that he didn't need to see them, waving his hand. The Sandtroopers left and Luke, Obi-Wan and the droids continued on their way. Reaching the Mos Eisley Cantina, they searched for a pilot to transport them to Alderaan. In order to deal with smuggler, Han Solo and his first mate Chewbacca, Obi-Wan offered 17,000 credits with 2000 up front. Luke sold his speeder and payed Solo the 2000 and they walked to the docking bay. They were followed by Garindan, who alerts the Sandtroopers of their position. They escaped in the Millennium Falcon just as the Sandtroopers arrived. They evaded some Star Destroyers in space and jumped to hyperspace.

Arrival aboard the Death Star

Upon arrival, the group realised that Alderaan is gone and followed a lone TIE Fighter towards what looked like a small moon. However it wasn't a moon and the Falcon got pulled towards the Death Star by a tractor beam. Obi-Wan went in alone to disable the Tractor Beam so they could escape.

Rescuing Princess Leia

Luke, Han, Leia and Chewbacca make their way through the Death Star and into the hanger to escape

When R2-D2 found out that Princess Leia was being held captive on the Battle Station, Luke insisted on saving her. After rescuing her the group had to jump into a garbage compactor. They were almost crushed by the walls before R2-D2 and C-3PO managed to stop the compactor from an astromech socket.

Death of Obi-Wan Kenobi

As approached the rebels hangar bay, they watched as Kenobi duelled Darth Vader. Kenobi saw Leia and Luke and sacrificed himself to give them time. The group escaped and Leia comforted Luke about Obi-Wan. The Millennium Falcon traveled straight to Yavin 4 unaware of the tracker that Vader had placed on the ship.

The Battle of Yavin

Luke flies an Alliance X-wing into battle during the Battle of Yavin, eventually destroying the Death Star and becoming a Rebel Hero

Luke and many other starfighter pilots attacked the Death Star as it approached Yavin IV and Luke was reunited with Biggs Darklighter. Every starfighter except Luke's was shot down or crippled during the assault, including Darklighter's. Vader pursued him with two TIE's down the trench. The Millennium Falcon turned up at the last second and blasted the TIE's while crippling Vaders Ship. Luke took the shot and it blasted into the shaft. The group made their escape as the Battle Station exploded behind them.

Rebel Hero

Skywalker, Solo and Chewbacca were awarded Medals for their bravery. Soon after the celebration, Leia went to spend some time grieving the loss of Alderaan and Luke and Wedge Antilles were sent to retrieve her, although they fail in this task. Leia reunites with them back on Yavin 4 later on upon her return.=== Lieutenant Skywalker ===
Being promoted to Lieutenant, Luke and another Rebel named Nakari Kelen went on a mission to Rodia in Kelen's ship - Desert Jewel. Luke began to have romantic feelings for Kelen but she was killed during the mission much to Luke's dismay.

Mission to Devaron

Luke traveled to Devaron and met Farnay the devaronian and her father. He let the force guide him and he arrived at the Temple of Eedit. Even though it was off limits, Sarco Plank agreed to be his guide. Skywalker trained in the temple, hearing Obi-Wan's voice. He found the temple surrounded by Imperials and Stormtroopers and they used Farnay as a hostage. Plank arrived and assisted Luke in fighting them, noting that Luke was merely a Padawan.

Duel with Sarco Plank

Plank wished to ransack the temple and challenged Skywalker to a duel in which he also used Farnay but Luke won eventually, sending Sarco Plank's Staff with the tricky scsavenger into a Pit which led to the temples lowest areas. Luke left but promised Farnay that he would return to the temple once he became a jedi.

Mission to Cymoon One

Luke went with Leia, Han, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO to infiltrate Cymoon 1. They disguised themselves as thugs and revealed themselves to Overseer Aggadeen once inside. After freeing slaves, Skywalker was alerted that Vader had arrived. Luke was determined to fight the killer of Obi-Wan and his father but was easily bested by the Dark Lord. Darth Vader took the Luke's lightsaber but recognised it as his old one, hesitating long enough for Han to crash an AT-AT through the walls and create an opening for Luke and the Slaves to escape. Many of the Slaves died and even though Skywalker escapes, he felt responsible.

Skirmish with Boba Fett on Tatooine

Fett finds Luke in Kenobi's old homestead on Tatooine

Luke was dismayed and decided to leave for Tatooine to Ben's hut for guidance. Instead he found Boba Fett who had been hired to find him. Boba was winning but Luke refused to give up and managed to deflect Boba's shot from his rifle. Fett, enraged, tackled Skywalker. Luke was saved by R2-D2 who chucked Kenobi's box at Fett and knocked him out. Luke left with the box and hoping to find help with lightsaber combat and the force, he only found stories of Kenobi's life. Frustrated, Luke decided to go to Coruscant in search of answers.

Captured by Grakkus the Hutt

Luke is captured by Grakkus' magnaguards, who bring him before their master.

In order to get to Coruscant, Luke traveled to Nar Shaddaa where he was eventually captured by Grakkus the Hutt. He was trained in lightsaber combat by the mysterious "Gamemaster" so that he would go out with a fight when he was to be put in an arena. When luke was finally placed in the arena, the creature caught him and was about to kill. The Gamemaster, revealed himself to Grakkus as Kreel, an imperial agent and told the Hutt that he was taking him and Skywalker into custody. However when R2-D2 found Luke's lightsaber, the arena fell into chaos. Han, Leia, Chewbacca and Sana Starros arrive and since blasters were rendered useless by a shut down they picked up lightsabers from Grakkus's collection and began to fight their way around the Imperial Troops. Kreel faced off Skywalker in the fray but Grakkus intervened and allowed Luke and the other rebels to escape. Grakkus wasn't as lucky and was captured by Kreel and taken into custody.

Vrogas Vas

Sometime later, after crash landing on Vrogas Vas in attempt to bring Vader in his TIE Advanced down, Luke witnesses Vader destroy Grey Squadron from the ground which had been sent to kill the Sith Lord. The rebels give everything they have to attempt to defeat Vader but he defeats almost all of their forces single-handedly. Luke is almost captured by Doctor Aphra, Black Krrsantan, BT-1 and 0-0-0 but evades in the Millennium Falcon with the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca.

Setting up Echo Base

Luke was present when the Rebels set up their base on Hoth. He was almost eaten by a Wampa while on a scouting mission but used the force to take his lightsaber while hanging from the roof. After cutting himself free, he cut off the Wampa's arm before running out into the snow. Luke fell over in the storm and failed to stand back up, seeing Obi-Wan Kenobi who told him to go and be trained by Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah. Han Solo rode out on a Tauntaun to try and find his his friend. He ends up saving Skywalker by using the inside of his dead Tauntaun as warmth during the blizzard. Skywalker recovered in a bacta tank and afterwards reunited with Han, Chewbacca and Leia.

Battle of Hoth

Luke falls into the snow covered ground on Hoth, after sucessfully destroying an Imperial All Terrain Armored Transport.

Imperials arrived led by General Veers and Vader. Skywalker fought the attacking AT-ST's and AT-AT's in his snowspeeder. After the imperials successfully took the base and the Rebels evacuated, Luke and R2-D2 leaving for Dagobah in Skywalker's X-Wing.

Mission to Dagobah

The pair found Yoda, who was not who they expected, but Yoda told Obi-Wan's spirit that Luke was too young to be trained as a jedi. Eventually he was convinced to train and they started their work. Luke attempted to use the force to pull Luke's sinking X-Wing out of the water but he failed. Yoda easily pulled the ship out himself, impressing Skywalker. Luke walked into a cave and found Darth Vader standing there although it was just an illusion in his mind. Luke cut off Vader's head after a brief duel and then saw his own face on the burnt helmet. Luke, while training saw a vision of Leia, Han and Chewbacca in trouble on Bespin and decided to leave Yoda and his incomplete training and rescue them, much to the disappointment of Obi-Wan and Yoda.

Duel with Darth Vader

Luke faces Vader on Cloud City

Luke arrived on Cloud City and briefly saw the Imperials taking Leia, Chewbacca and escorting a carbonite Han away. Leia yelled a warning as Boba Fett attacked from behind. After leading Luke towards the chamber where Han had been put in carbonite, Fett left to finish his job and deliver Solo to Jabba. Vader waited for Luke in the chamber and they face off. Even though Vader still bested Luke, the young Rebel put up a decent fight. Luke was pushed into the Carbonite Freezer but he leapt out as Vader used the force to push the lever, holding onto the roof. Vader didn't notice the boy was gone until he saw the Carbonite Freezer empty.

The Truth Revealed

The fight led to another hallway, where Vader used the force to send items flying at Luke. They fought their way out onto a catwalk above a massive shaft that led to the bottom of the city and Vader finally cut off Luke's hand. Vader tried to lure Skywalker to the Dark Side and when Luke accused the Sith Lord of killing his father, Vader revealed that he was Luke's father. Clinging onto the end of the pier, Luke dropped down the shaft after his fallen lightsaber and grabbed hold of an antenna at the bottom to prevent himself from falling to the surface of the planet. Leia sensed Luke with the force and turned the Millennium Falcon around to pick him up.

New Hand

Luke gained a new robotic hand from a Surgical Droid and started to come up with a plan to free Han from Jabba where Boba had taken him as Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian, who had joined the rebels on Cloud City, set out in the Falcon to find his location.

Return to Tatooine

Luke once again returned to Ben Kenobi's hut where he used spare parts and the force to construct his own lightsaber with a green crystal. He received word that Leia and Chewbacca had failed to rescue Solo and had been also captured.

Mission to Rescue Han from Jabba

Luke was forced to enter the palace himself and gave Jabba a single warning. Jabba just laughed and as Luke grabbed a blaster, the Rancor pit opened. Luke fell into it as well as a Gamorean Guard who was eaten by the monster. He managed to kill it by slamming the blast door on it's head. The prisoners were taken on the sail barge to be thrown into the Great Pit of Carkoon which was the home to the Sarlaac where they would be digested over 1000 years slowly.

Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon

Luke faces Jabba's thugs

Leia, who was now Jabba's slave, C-3PO, who was now Jabba's translator, and R2-D2, who was now a drink server aboard the barge, watched as Luke, Han and Chewbacca were taken into position to be pushed off the skiffs. When a Weequay Skiff Guard began to push Luke towards the edge, Jabba let the prisoners shout out pleas. Luke told the Hutt that he had one final chance. After Jabba gave the order, the Skiff Guard pushed Luke onto the plank and Luke signaled R2 who was on top of the sail barge. Luke leapt off, grabbed hold of the end of the board and sprung back into the air, flipping and grabbing his lightsaber which R2 launched towards him before he started to fight the thugs on the skiff. Lando revealed himself as one of the skiff guards and started fighting with Han and Chewbacca. Luke fought Boba who fired his grappling hook and wrapped it around the Jedi. Luke chopped through it and Boba fell to the floor of the skiff. Luke jumped to the other skiff killing the guards and thugs on it and then jumped to the sail barge. Han accidentally knocked Boba Fett's jetpack, who fell into the sarlaac pit to be digested. Leia strangled Jabba and made her way to the top deck. Luke and Leia swung across to the skiff with Han, Lando and Chewie after pointing the main gun at the deck and shooting. They picked up the droids who had fallen off the barge and then left as the sail barge exploded.

Death of Yoda

Luke left for Dagobah with R2-D2 and the others left to join the Rebel Fleet in the Millennium Falcon. Yoda told Luke that no more training was required for him but that he must fight Vader to become a true Jedi. As Yoda was dying of old age, Luke asked him wether Darth Vader was really his father which Yoda confirms.

Another Discovery

Yoda told him that there is another Skywalker with his last breath and then died. His body disappeared and his cloak fell into a pile. Luke walked out of the hut unsure of what to do. Obi-Wan appeared to him and Luke was annoyed that the Jedi Master had lied to him about Darth Vader. Obi-Wan told him that what he said was true from a certain point of view. Luke suddenly realised that Leia was the other Skywalker, his sister as if a message through the force.

Return to the Rebellion

Luke reunited with Leia, Han, Lando and Chewbacca on Home 1, the Rebel flagship and they were briefed on the attack plan for the attack on the Second Death Star by Admiral Gial Ackbar, General Crix Madine and Mon Mothma. While Lando and Nien Nunb flew the Millennium Falcon, Luke traveled with Han, Leia, Chewie and the droids along with a squad of Rebel Commandos to the forest moon of Endor where they would attempt to take out the shield generator that was generating the shield around the Death Star.

Chase on Endor

Luke and Leia chase down several Imperial Scout Troopers on Endor

They found a duo of Scout Troopers almost immediately after landing and Han and Chewbacca attempted to take them out but one of them escaped on a speeder bike. Luke and Leia took off on the other bike to follow it. More Scout Troopers came from behind on bikes and eventually Luke and Leia ended up on separate bikes. Luke was forced to jump off his speeder and the remaining Scout Trooper goes in for the kill. Luke activated his lightsaber, deflected the incoming bolts and chopped the speeder as it flew past.

Captured by Ewoks

Skywalker found Han and the others but Leia wasn't with them. While searching for her, the group were caught in an Ewok trap thanks to Chewbacca, and were caught by the furry beasts. They were taken back to Bright Tree Village where Leia had befriended the Ewoks. The Ewoks believed that C-3PO was some sort of god and he was elevated high on a chair while the other three and R2-D2 were tied to tree trunks. In a feast in honour of the golden droid god, Han Solo was to be the be the main course and Luke and Chewie next. Han tried to get the droid to stop them but the ewoks prepared to light the fire, not listening to C-3PO. Luke told threepio to tell them that if they don't let the group go, that he would use special powers. The Ewoks listened but Logray, the shaaman ordered them to light the flames. Skywalker used the force to elevate C-3PO into the air which scared the Ewoks and Logray and Chief Chirpa ordered them to be released immediately.

Gaining New Allies

After listening to their story, the Ewoks decided to make the group part of the tribe. Luke walked outside, feeling the presence of Vader, and Leia followed him out. He revealed to her that she was his sister and that he was going to face their father even though she attempted to convince him not to.

Luke allows himself to be captured by Imperials and brought to Darth Vader aboard an AT-AT walker

Turning Himself over to the Imperials

Luke arrived at the Imperial Base where he handed himself over to the Imperials who took him to Darth Vader. Luke let them take his lightsaber, believing that he could turn Vader back to the light side. Vader inspected the new lightsaber and decided that Luke had become a threat and that he would take his son to Death Star II and his master Darth Sidious would be his new master.

Meeting the Emperor

Once they were aboard the space station, Sidious tempted Luke to join the dark side. Luke refused to give in and they watched as the Rebel Fleet arrived. Sidious explained that he had allowed the Rebels to discover the Death Star II plans and was leading them into a trap. He also told Luke that a legion of his best troops were on Endor waiting for Han, Leia and Chewbacca. He sensed that Luke wished to take his lightsaber which was sitting on the Emperor's throne and kill him which pleased the old Sith Lord and he tried to convince Skywalker to do so, telling him that his journey to the dark side would then be complete.

Last Duel with Vader

Moments before Luke slices off his father hand

Luke, after much hesitation, used the force and took his lightsaber, activating it. Vader activated his own and blocked Luke's blow at his master. The two had an intense duel which resulted in Luke deactivating his lightsaber and refusing to fight. Luke was forced to reactivate it when Vader swung his saber at the him. The fight continued but Luke eventually flipped up onto a high platform. Vader threw his lightsaber and Luke dodged but the lightsaber hit the support poles and the platform fell. Luke hid from Vader as he searched for his son and Luke accidentally gave away through the force that he had a sister. Vader called out that if Luke wouldn't turn to the dark side, then his sister might. Luke turned on his sword once again and charged at Vader in rage, and they duelled once last time. Ending up back near the throne, Luke cut of Vader's robotic hand.

The Emperor punishes Luke

Anakin once more

When the Emperor suggests he kill his father and take his place as the sith apprentice, Luke refused and tossed his lightsaber away, declaring that he was a Jedi like Anakin Skywalker had been before him. The Emperor finally got mad, giving up on turning him to the dark side.

Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.
So be it... Jedi!

- Luke Skywalker and Darth Sidious'

Luke redeems his Father

Sidious sent force lightning at Luke who cried out in agony as Vader watched. Finally Vader used the good in him, became Anakin Skywalker once more and saved his son from death by grabbing the Emperor and tossing him down a nearby shaft, killing him. Luke took off Anakin's helmet so he could look out of his real eyes at Luke. Anakin died soon after and Luke escaped with his body on an Imperial Shuttle just as Wedge and Lando destroyed the Space Station and escaped themselves.

Anakin's funeral

Luke burnt his father on a pyre and then joined the Ewoks and the Rebels who were celebrating their victory. He saw his father appear beside the spirits of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda.

Mission with Shara Bey

Finding the Tree

Luke, R2-D2 and Shara Bey went on an important mission as the New Republic was formed to acclaim a Force Sensitive tree that had been planted inside the Jedi Temple during the days of the Galactic Republic. They succeeded but find two trees instead of one. Luke gave the second tree to Shara, her husband Kes Dameron and their son Poe Dameron, who were being relieved of duty and felt like they were abandoning the Rebels. Luke, following this at some point, revisited Devaron, fulfilling his promise to Farnay.

Luke's New Jedi Order

Luke with R2-D2 some time after the Battle of Endor

Luke started to build a new order, training several new Jedi and rebuilding the Order from the ground up. For some time, Luke's New Jedi Order prospered, later taking on Ben Solo as his apprentice, who was the son of Leia and Han.

Kylo betrays Luke

but Ben Solo, his nephew, turned to the dark side under the influence of the mysterious Snoke. Following this tragedy, Ben became Kylo Ren and led the mysterious Knights of Ren against the new Jedi, destroying them. Luke traveled to the First Jedi Temple to go into exile. Kylo and Snoke worked to find Luke while building the First Order.

Leia's Search for Luke

Leia, now leading the Resistance, wished to find her brother. A force sensitive, Rey, found Luke Skywalker's lightsaber on Takodana and faced Kylo on Starkiller Base after he killed Luke's old friend Han Solo who was Ren's father.

Rey discovers Luke

R2-D2 awakened and uncovered a map of Luke's location. R2 traveled with Rey and Chewbacca to find the Jedi Master. They arrived and returned the lightsaber to its true owner.

Meeting Rey

Luke took the saber and then tossed it aside. She attempted to get him to return with her to the Resistance but he refused. When Chewbacca turned up, Luke asked where Han was. He explained what had happened with Ben Solo to Rey and why the Jedi way needed to end.

Talking with Yoda

Rey believed that Kylo Ren could be turned back to the light but Luke didn't agree. Yoda's force ghost appeared to Luke and told him that Rey was their last hope and that he needed to succeed with her where he failed in Ben Solo.

Death

Luke used his force-abilities to project an image of himself across the galaxy to Crait where he reunited with Leia and distracted the First Order forces while the survivors of the Resistance fled in the Millennium Falcon. Kylo Ren ordered every gun to fire upon him and after they finished Luke just stepped out and brushed himself off. Kylo Ren decided to go face the Jedi Master himself and he tried to duel Skywalker. Luke kept dodging him while the Resistance escaped. He apologised to Kylo for his failure but Ren wasn't interested and eventually ran at Skywalker and went straight through him. Shocked, Kylo poked his lightsaber through Luke's projection a couple more times before Luke said "See you round kid" and disappeared. Back on Ahch-To, Luke had drained all his energy by projecting himself to Crait and as he looked up at the horizon he died and became one with the force.

Personalities and Traits

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Powers and Abilities

Luke is a reasonably powerful force user but doesn't know how to control it very well in his early stages of becoming a jedi. By the time he contructs his own lightsaber, he has improved in a huge amount and refers to himself as a Jedi Knight although he isn't officially one yet. After he faces his father and the Emperor and refuses the Dark Side, it is unknown where his powers are at.

Obi-Wan Kenobi handed Luke Skywalker his father Anakin's lightsaber and Luke continued to clumsily use it until his training with Yoda on Dagobah. He became quite strong with it and faced Darth Vader with it on Cloud City. His hand was cut off and the saber fell into the depths of the planet. The saber was returned to him over thirty years later by Rey.

Having lost his father's blade, Luke constructed a new one on Tatooine with a green focusing crystal. He used this lightsaber to help free Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt and also during the Battle of Endor, on the moon and on the Death Star against his father.

Vehicles

Luke flew an X-wing starfighter during the Battle of Yavin and successfully destroyed the Death Star with it. He flew his X-wing many times after that, after the Battle of Hoth and from Dagobah to Cloud City.

Luke had a landspeeder on Tatooine before he sold it for money to pay Han Solo.

Legends Counterparts

Jedi Master Luke Skywalker on the book cover of Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse

The Legends version of Luke Skywalker isn't much different, only he successfully rebuilds the Jedi Order and defends it against many dark side users including Dark Jedi, assassins and the Lost tribe of the Sith. It wasn't until much much later during the time of Cade Skywalker who was at least Luke Skywalker's great grandson, that Luke was revealed to be dead although the gap in between the legacy comics and the fate of the jedi series hadn't yet been filled in to decide his fate.